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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

FINALS UPDATE: CBS was indeed nicked due to basketball preemptions, with The Amazing Race (1.3) down two tenths and Hawaii Five-0 (1.2) and Blue Bloods (1.4) each down one. But this was still ultimately a good night for the network, as Race went up and the other shows held even. Cristela had another damaging finals downtick to 0.9.

At least in the preliminaries, CBS was a huge winner on the first Friday after DST, with an insane spike from The Amazing Race (1.5) and upticks from Hawaii Five-0 (1.3) and Blue Bloods (1.5) as well.These shows overachieved even more drastically in 18-34 numbers, so it seems pretty likely that there will be some downward adjustment due to NCAA basketball preemptions. But it would take quite a downtick to spoil the Race's night.

ABC's post-DST deliveries seemed a bit more realistic, as Last Man Standing (1.2) dropped a bit below its consistent January/February level (though it still avoided a season low). Shark Tank (1.8) was also below average, but Cristela (1.0) was flat.

On Fox, World's Funniest Fails (0.8) was even for the last episode of its initial order, while Glee (0.7) inched up in the week before the two-hour finale.

FULL TABLE:

Info

Show

Timeslot

True

A18-49

Skew

Last

LeLa

Rank

y2y

TLa

Ty2y

Last Man Standing

1.2

22%

-14%

-0.2

n/a

12/17

n/a

-33%

+50%

1.5

Cristela

0.9

23%

-10%

-0.1

-0.2

13/16

n/a

-55%

+13%

1.2

Shark Tank

1.8

32%

-5%

-0.1

n/a

13/21

-10%

+80%

-10%

2.1

20/20

1.1

29%

-15%

-0.2

+0.5

20/24

-42%

+38%

-42%

1.4

ABC:

+7%

-16%

The Amazing Race

1.3

26%

+8%

+0.1

n/a

2/4

-28%

+13%

+8%

1.5

Hawaii Five-0

1.2

16%

+0%

+0.0

+0.1

9/19

-14%

-4%

-14%

1.5

Blue Bloods

1.4

16%

+0%

+0.0

+0.0

2/18

+0%

+4%

+0%

1.7

CBS:

+4%

-2%

Grimm (R)

0.5

25%

-23%

-55%

0.8

Dateline Fri

1.2

27%

-8%

-0.1

-0.1

11/22

+9%

-9%

-4%

1.6

NBC:

-12%

-19%

World's Funniest Fails

0.8

38%

+0%

+0.0

n/a

4/9

n/a

+0%

+60%

1.1

Glee

0.7

44%

+17%

+0.1

+0.0

2/11

-22%

+8%

+40%

1.1

Fox:

+3%

+50%

Hart of Dixie (R)

0.2

36%

-50%

-50%

0.3

TV's Hottest Commercials (R)

0.1

19%

-71%

-67%

0.3

CW:

-60%

-57%

Big5:

-3%

-9%

KEY (click to expand)

A18-49 - Adults 18-49 rating. Percentage of US TV-owning adults 18-49 watching the program.Skew - Percentage of adults 18-49 within the show's total viewership.Last - A18-49 difference (percent and numerical) from the show's previous episode.LeLa - A18-49 difference between the show's lead-in and its lead-in for the previous episode.Rank - The A18-49 rating's rank among the show's episodes so far this season.y2y - Percent difference between A18-49 and the show's rating a year ago.TLa - Percent difference between A18-49 and the network's rating in the timeslot one week ago.Ty2y - Percent difference between A18-49 and the network's rating in the timeslot one year ago.True - A metric that adjusts the A18-49 rating for overall viewing levels, competition and lead-in. PRELIMINARY CALCULATION. For finals, see SpotVault.